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+swh-scheduler
+=============
+
+Job scheduler for the Software Heritage project.
+
+Task manager for asynchronous/delayed tasks, used for both recurrent (e.g.,
+listing a forge, loading new stuff from a Git repository) and one-off
+activities (e.g., loading a specific version of a source package).
+
+